2005-10-28 Nicolas Geoffray <nicolas.geoffray@menlina.com>

        Reported by: Gael Thomas <gael.thomas@imag.fr>
        * NEWS : added entry about new implementation of
        VMClassLoader.getPackage(s), and new method
        VMClassLoader.getBootPackages
        * vm/reference/java/lang/VMClassLoader.java:
        Added new definedPackages field to store packages
        loaded by the bootstrap classloader.
        Added new static initializer to create all packages
        which names are returned by getBootPackages
        (getBootPackages): new private method. Helper
        to get as a String[] the native package names
        (getPackage): uses the new definedPackages field
        (getPackages): uses the new definedPackages field
        * java/lang/Class.java:
        (getPackage): if the classloader of the class is null
        then call VMClassLoader.getPackage

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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 66fc9198f..2eac895a4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@ New for the subsequent release:
   It can flatten graphs and, at least for the simple cases, is interoperable
   with Sun's jdk 1.5. 
 
+Runtime interface changes:
+
+* Changed implementation of VMClassLoader.getPackage(s) : new method
+  VMClassLoader.getBootPackages should be implemented by the vm, and sould
+  return a string array of boot package names ("java.lang", "java.net", ...).
+  Feedback from vm implementors for usability and relevance of the
+  getBootPackages method would be greatly appreciated.
+  
 New in release 0.18 (Sep 6, 2005)
 
 * GNU JAWT implementation, the AWT Native Interface, which allows direct